This book is a critically informed challenge to the traditional histories of rhetoric and to the current emphasis on Aristotle and Plato as the most significant classical voices in rhetoric. In it, Susan C. Jarratt argues that the first sophists--a diverse group of traveling intellectuals in the fifth century B.C.--should be given a more prominent place in the study of rhetoric and composition. Rereading the ancient sophists, she creates a new lens through which to see contemporary social issues, including the orality/literacy debate, feminist writing, deconstruction, and writing pedagogy.The sophists' pleasure in the play of language, their focus on historical contin-gency, and the centrality of their teaching for democratic practice were sufficiently threatening to their successors Plato and Aristotle that both sought to bury the sophists under philosophical theories of language. The censure of Plato and Aris-totle set a pattern for historical views of the sophists for centuries. Following Hegel and Nietzsche, Jarratt breaks the pattern, finding in the sophists a more progressive charter for teachers and scholars of reading and writing, as well as for those in the adjacent disciplines of literary criticism and theory, education, speech communication, and ancient history.In tracing the historical interpretations of sophistic rhetoric, Jarratt suggests that the sophists themselves provide the outlines of an alternative to history-writing as the discovery and recounting of a set of stable facts. She sees sophistic use of narrative in argument as a challenge to a simple division between orality and literacy, current discussions of which virtually ignore the sophists. Outlining similarities between "ecriture feminine "and sophistic style, Jarratt shows that contemporary feminisms have more in common with sophists than just a style; they share a rhetorical basis for deployment of theory in political action. In her final chapter, Jarratt takes issue with accounts of sophistic pedagogy focusing on technique and the development of the individual. She argues that, despite its employment by powerful demagogues, sophistic pedagogy offers a resource for today's teachers interested in encouraging minority voices of resistance through language study as the practice of democracy.
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坦白讲,这本书的深度是需要一定投入的,初读时可能会觉得有些挑战性,因为它涉及的语境和思维模式与现代社会有很大差异。然而,正是这种略带“门槛”的设计,筛选出了真正愿意沉浸其中的读者。一旦你适应了作者设定的节奏,那些最初的障碍感便会烟消云散,取而代之的是一种探索未知领域的兴奋感。它不是那种可以让你“跳着读”的书,你必须得一步一个脚印地跟着作者的思路走,去感受那些逻辑链条的搭建过程。这种循序渐进的探索,带来的知识构建感是其他速食读物无法比拟的。它要求你投入时间,但它回报给你的,是一种扎实而深刻的理解,这种理解会持续地影响你对未来所有学习的态度。
评分我必须得说,这本书在语言的运用上达到了极高的水准,那种文字的质感,读起来让人心旷神怡。作者的笔触时而如涓涓细流,细腻地描摹出时代背景下的社会风貌;时而又如疾风骤雨,掷地有声地剖析那些深刻的哲学思辨。我尤其喜欢他运用比喻和排比句的方式来阐述那些抽象的逻辑关系,使得原本枯燥的论证过程变得生动有趣,富有画面感。有些章节,我甚至需要放慢速度,反复咀嚼那些精妙的措辞,体会其中蕴含的多重含义。这不仅仅是一本关于历史的书,它更像是一部文学作品,充满了节奏感和韵律美。读完之后,我感觉自己的语言表达能力都有所提升,对于如何用更精确、更有力量的词汇来表达思想,有了一个全新的认识。这种对语言的极致追求,是很多同类题材书籍所不具备的。
评分这本书简直是思想的盛宴,那种阅读体验,仿佛置身于古希腊的市集,听智者们唇枪舌剑。作者的叙述方式非常引人入胜,他没有生硬地堆砌历史事实和哲学概念,而是将它们编织成一个个鲜活的故事。读到那些关于辩论技巧和修辞手法的段落时,我简直能想象出那些人在阳光下挥洒汗水,试图说服听众的场景。尤其是对某些关键人物的刻画,入木三分,让人对其动机和困境产生深刻的共鸣。这种叙事的力量,远超一般的学术著作,它让你在享受阅读乐趣的同时,不知不觉地吸收了大量的知识。我特别欣赏作者在处理复杂议题时的那种克制与精准,他总能找到一个绝佳的切入点,将看似晦涩难懂的理论,转化为日常生活中可以理解的智慧。这本书的结构安排也极为巧妙,层层递进,引人入胜,让人完全沉浸其中,几乎忘了时间。
评分这本书最让我震撼的地方,在于它提供了一种看待“知识”和“真理”的全新视角。在阅读过程中,我不断地被提醒,那些我们今天视为理所当然的确定性,在古代是如何经过一番痛苦的挣扎才得以确立或被挑战的。作者没有给出简单的答案,而是呈现了那个时代思想交锋的复杂性和多面性。这迫使我跳出自己既有的思维框架,去审视那些根深蒂固的信念。特别是关于怀疑精神和论证有效性的探讨,读来让人深思。它不是那种让你读完后感觉“我学到了某个确切的知识点”的书,而是让你读完后感觉“我对思考这件事本身有了更深的敬畏”的书。这种对思维过程本身的聚焦,使得这本书的价值远远超越了对某个特定历史时期的记录,它具有持久的启发性。
评分从装帧和排版来看,这本书的设计也体现了一种匠心。纸张的触感非常舒适,印刷清晰,即便是长篇大段的引文,也处理得井井有条,阅读体验极佳。更重要的是,编排者似乎深谙读者的需求,那些必要的注释和索引都处理得恰到好处,既不打断流畅的阅读体验,又能在需要时提供充足的背景资料。这显示出出版方在制作这本书时,是抱着对内容最大的尊重和对读者最大的体贴。每一次翻页,都像是在进行一次正式而庄重的学术交流,而不是随便翻阅一本休闲读物。这种对细节的关注,无疑提升了整本书的格调,使它成为书架上值得珍藏的一本佳作。
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